Two-Terminal M2LC Subsystem and M2LC System Including Same
AssigneeCurtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation
InventorsMarc Francis AIELLO, Dustin Matthew Kramer, Kenneth Stephen Berton
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Abstract
A two-level two-terminal modular multilevel converter subsystem. The subsystem includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The modular multilevel converter subsystem is configured to selectively place the first capacitor in series with the second capacitor. The modular multilevel converter subsystem is also configured to selectively place the first capacitor in parallel with the second capacitor relative to first and second output terminals of the modular multilevel converter subsystem.
Claims20
A two-level two-terminal modular multilevel converter subsystem, comprising:
- a first capacitor;
- and
- a second capacitor, wherein the modular multilevel converter subsystem is configured to:
- selectively place the first capacitor in series with the second capacitor;
- and
- selectively place the first capacitor in parallel with the second capacitor relative to first and second output terminals of the modular multilevel converter subsystem.
A three-level two-terminal modular multilevel converter subsystem, comprising:
- a storage capacitor;
- and
- a flying capacitor.
A modular multilevel converter system, comprising:
- a plurality of series-connected two-terminal modular multilevel converter subsystems, wherein at least one of the subsystems comprises a first capacitor and a second capacitor, and wherein the at least one of the subsystems is configured to:
- selectively place the first capacitor in series with the second capacitor;
- and
- selectively place the first capacitor in parallel with the second capacitor relative to first and second output terminals of the at least one of the subsystems.
A modular multilevel converter system, comprising:
- a plurality of series-connected two-terminal modular multilevel converter subsystems, wherein at least one of the subsystems comprises:
- a storage capacitor;
- and
- a flying capacitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.